A Vocabulary, Or, Collection of Words and Phrases, Which Have Been Supposed to Be Peculiar to the United States of America: to Which is Prefixed an Essa

Publisher Marketing: Title: A vocabulary, or, Collection of words and phrases, which have been supposed to be peculiar to the United States of America: to which is prefixed an essay on the present state of the English language in the United States: originally published in the Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and now republished with corrections and additions. Author: John PickeringPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00797900CollectionID: CTRG10261632-BPublicationDate: 18160101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 206 p.; cm Contributor Bio:  Pickering, John The primary authors are principals of the Commonwealth Centers for High-Performance Organizations (CCHPO) Network. Collectively, the CCHPO Network of organizational development/change management professionals has extensive experience in assisting local, state, and federal governments, non-profits, and the private sector improve their organizational performance. Areas of consulting emphasis are large-scale organizational improvement, development of high-performance executive leadership teams, employee engagement, organizational diagnosis and work culture surveys, integration of the continuous learning and improvement philosophy into organizational work cultures, design and implementation of product quality, service quality and project/program management programs, executive coaching, and delivery of executive development programs. CCHPO is a Strategic Partner of ICMA (International City/County Management Association)-the "HPO Diagnostic/Change Model" and performance improvement materials have been designated by ICMA as a Leading Practice in Local Government. All of the Network professionals are certified in a variety of development instruments including "Lominger's Leadership Architect Suite" and Prosci's Change Management process.